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Dr. Endicott’s areas of specialization include all aspects of Japanese and Korean studies, Asian security studies, with special emphasis on the Korean Peninsula, American defense policy, and professional military education. His published books include Japan’s Nuclear Option (Author), The Politics of East Asia (Co-author), American Defense Policy (Co-Editor and Contributor), and Regional Security Issues (Co-author). A book on American foreign policy written by Endicott and two colleagues, U.S. Foreign Policy: History, Process, and Policy, was published in 2005. He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in cooperation with Harvard University. He has a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy, and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs also from Fletcher; His Master’s Degree in History is from the University of Omaha, and his B.A. in Political Science (cum laude) is from The Ohio State University where he was inducted into the American academic society Phi Beta Kappa. In October 2010, Endicott was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctorate Honoris Causa) from the University of Toulouse, founded in 1229 in Toulouse, France, in recognition of his efforts to build a regime of international peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia. Dankook University of Cheonan, South Korea awarded Dr. Endicott his second Honorary Doctorate (Political Science) in 2019 also for his efforts to establish a regime of peace in Northeast Asia. Dankook was established in 1947, the first university established after National Liberation Day of Korea (15 August 1947).

Dr. Endicott came to Woosong University, SolBridge International in 2007 from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he served as Professor and Center Director in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs for almost twenty years. He founded the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy in 1990 which had as its main focus the integration of policy with technology. In 1991 he introduced the concept for a Limited Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Northeast Asia (LNWFZ-NEA) which continues to be examined in international forums – the most recent plenary conference (including representatives from Argentina, China, Finland, France, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia and the United States – DPRK representatives met later in Paris) being the 13th Plenary Meeting of the LNWFZ-NEA held in Toulouse, France, in October 2010. He co-founded the Sam Nunn Security Program funded by the MacArthur Foundation for advanced pre-doctoral candidates in science and technology. He is now Professor Emeritus. Dr. Endicott previously had a 28-year career in the United States Air Force, serving almost eight years in “foreign service” areas. He also served as a member of the Senior Executive Service of the Department of Defense for slightly more than three years. As an officer of the United States Air Force, he held the positions of Chief of Targeting, 5th Air Force Headquarters, Deputy Head of the Political Science Department at the United States Air Force Academy; Director, International Affairs for the Planning Directorate of Air Force Headquarters, the Pentagon; Deputy Air Force Representative to the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, the United Nations; and Associate Dean of the National War College. He had operational assignments in Japan (two), Hawaii, and Vietnam which took him frequently to Korea, the Philippines, and most other states of Asia including the PRC. Upon retiring from the Air Force in 1986, he became the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies with a civilian rank of SES-4 – a position equating to Major/Lt. General.

Dr. Endicott has served as Chairman of the Interim Secretariat of the Limited Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone for Northeast Asia since 1996. Both Dr. Endicott and the Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone for Northeast Asia Program were nominated for the 2005 and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Japan-America Society of Georgia awarded him the Mike Mansfield Award, and the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Atlanta presented him the General Raymond G. Davis award in 2006 for lifetime service toward peace and stability in Northeast Asia. In 2007 that organization presented Dr. Endicott with the General Raymond G. Davis Leadership Award. Dr. Endicott also received “Professor of the Year” award from a campus-wide student organization. He served as President of the Southeast U.S.-Korea Chamber of Commerce for two years (2004-2006), and served as the Chairman of the Board and Special Representative to Daejeon until 2008. Dr. Endicott was Honorary Consul for Mongolia to the State of Georgia from 2005 until 2007. Endicott served as a “Senior Mentor” in the POSTECH Mentorship Program involving fifteen executives throughout Korea to share leadership experiences with selected POSTECH students for 2010-2011. In 2010 he was also appointed as a Special Ambassador for the Korean professional baseball team, the Hanwha Eagles. In February 2015 he was appointed as Advisor to the Board of Directors of the College of Business and Economics (CBE) of Qassim University in Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and was inducted into the business education honor society Beta Gamma Sigma in June of 2015. In January, 2016 he became a Member of the KEI Advisory Council (Korea Economic Institute of America) – a “…policy outreach and educational organization focused on promoting economic, political, and security relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea.” In August 2016, he became a member of the President’s Advisory Board for the George Mason University of Korea. On 2 March 2017, he was honored by Woosong University by creating a new school that will stress the social sciences at Woosong: the Endicott College of International Studies. A formal naming day and ground breaking ceremony was held that day participated in by dignitaries from China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam. In April 2018 he was one of 11 AACSB members chosen to form the AACSB VAG (Volunteer Advisory Group) which will review “volunteerism” within and outside of AACSB; hopefully to increase institutional social responsibility across a wide range of activities. On 13 March 2019 he was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Republic of Korea Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). He holds a number of military decorations for his 31-year service in the U.S. Government, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for 50 combat missions, the Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Vietnam Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, among others.

In September 2012, Dr. Endicott travelled to Moscow to participate in a conference marking the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During that period in October 1962 he was a Strategic Air Command Augmentee to the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff in Omaha, Nebraska. He was paired with Colonel-General Esin who also was a Captain at the time and in charge of a missile unit responsible for defending Cuban beaches. These two veterans of the Cold War recounted past events in the spirit of friendship. In February 2013, Endicott assumed the additional title as Acting Dean of SolBridge International School of Business until July 2014. During that time SolBridge was awarded full accreditation by AACSB the foremost international accreditation organization for business colleges in the world. SolBridge received its second certification from AACSB on 15 March 2019. At this time he continues to serve as President of Woosong University and Vice-Chancellor of the SolBridge International School of Business, and he reassumed the role of Acting Dean in November 2015 until 1 April 2016. On 25 February 2019 he reassumed the Acting Dean’s position. Woosong University itself is a medium-sized specialized university with approximately 13,500 students attending seven colleges: Railroad Transportation College, Hotel Management and Culinary Arts College, Digital Media College, and the Health and Welfare College. SolBridge International School of Business (our fifth college) is an all-English language college offering BBAs and MBAs to over 1,270 students. Thirty percent are Korean, 20 percent Chinese and 26 percent Russian speaking from Russia and Central Asia, and the rest of the 24% come from 52 other nations of the world. The total number of nations present at SolBridge is 55. As the sixth college, Sol International School offers specialized English language tracks in the four Korean language colleges, and the new Endicott College of International Studies, the seventh college at Woosong, offers courses in Korean and English language becoming the liberal arts college of Woosong.

He and his wife, Mitsuyo, have two children and four grandchildren who live in Atlanta, Georgia. They enjoy walking along the banks of the Yu Dung Cheon River, watching tennis, baseball and sumo, studying the Korean language, and getting to know Daejeon and Korea better.

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David Inhyouk Koo is an Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Start-up Support Foundation at both SolBridge International School of Business and Woosong University. He is also the Chair of the Department (Management of Technology) at Woosong University and has served as the Head of Entrepreneurship Center at the University LINC3.0 Group.

His research centers on strategy issues in entrepreneurial settings, with a particular focus on venture-backed start-ups, as well as larger firms experiencing significant environmental changes. For instance, he explores how different dimensions of the CEO/senior manager (e.g. job satisfaction, meaningful work, intrapreneurship), strategic postures (e.g. entrepreneurial orientation), and parent-spin-off linkages (e.g. dynamic capabilities, family involvement) develop within the realm of entrepreneurship. Recently, Professor Koo’s research has focused on enhancing the strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) in higher education and digital technology to achieve sustainable management in the post-COVID era.

He has received multiple research awards, including an Honorable Mention Award from the Strategic Management Society (SMS), the Best AI-oriented Research Paper Award, and the KDB-Entrepreneurship Researcher Award. In 2020, he was awarded the 'Best Professor of the Year’ in the Woosong-SolBridge linkage. In addition, he has been recognized as the 'Best Professor in Entrepreneurship’ by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education (부총리-교육부장관) for his contributions toward inspiring educational excellence and the ‘Best Researcher in SME Policy Analysis’ by the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (금융위원장). Furthermore, Professor Koo has written prestigious journal papers and held several patents related to education systems based on multiple AI technologies and LMS methodology.

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Roger Royo is a visiting professor at SolBridge International School of Business and the Head of the Startup Center.

He has been working for more than seven years in Korea, helping companies find the right partners and teaching the next generation of leaders. His research interest lies in understanding the innovation impact in startup ecosystems and its relation to disruptive business models across different industries.

In addition, he collaborates with Startups, Universities, and R&D Centers to assemble multinational consortiums, internationalize their business, and participate in international funding calls.

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Sunghyuk(Mark) Park is a visiting professor at SolBridge International School of Business and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center.

He had worked in the consulting industry for more than 20 years and has experience in various consulting services for global companies focusing on IT, operation, and strategy area. Based on his experience, he established a startup accelerator for the technology and manufacturing sector called Company D in 2013. On the other hand, he is one of the famous angel investors in Korea and invested in approximately 50 startups for the last ten years.

Professor SungHyuk holds Master's degree in Business Administration from KAIST, Korea, and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea.

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Chang Joon Choi is a visiting professor at SolBridge International School of Business and Director of Corporate and Alumni Relations.

Before joining SolBridge, Professor Choi worked as a Vice President for Hyundai Corporation in charge of the global business. He has been stationed in 5 overseas countries for 12 years as the Chief Representative of Hyundai Corporation’s branch offices.

His primary teaching and research interests lie in the area of global business and business cases. He is in charge of Business Plan Competition programs and students’ outside active programs in collaboration with companies.

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Chia-Hsing Huang is a professor of SolBridge International School of Business, Korea. He has Ph.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania USA in 1994, and MBA degree from University of Connecticut USA in 1990. Professor Huang has 20 years teaching experience in the Undergraduate, MBA, EMBA and Ph.D. levels in a number of the leading universities in America, Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand.

He was elected to be the finance department chairman and worked as an advisor on finance, investment, merger and acquisition, real estate, and strategic planning and implementation to many companies and institutions both in private and public sectors, such as construction company, security firm, bank, TV, computer network, and city government. He also had work experience in investment analysis of TV talk shows and radio call in programs.

Professor Huang has published a number of books and several papers in the leading international journals.

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Professor Dongcheol Kim joined SolBridge International School of Business as Endowed Chair Professor in January 2021. After receiving Ph.D. in Business Administration from University of Michigan, he joined Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey as Assistant Professor of Finance in 1989 and promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 1996. He joined Hanyang University in Seoul in 2003 and then Korea University in 2004 as Professor of Finance. He received a Bachelor degree from Seoul National University and Master degrees from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and University of Michigan (in Statistics).

Professor Kim’s research interests are in empirical asset pricing models, market efficiency, and statistical models of stock prices. He published numerous articles in renowned international journals, such as Journal of Finance, Accounting Review, Biometrika, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Empirical Finance. He also published a graduate-level textbook with Wiley & Sons, 2013.

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Dr. Aye Mengistu Alemu is an associate professor of economics at SolBridge International school of Business, South Korea. He earned a PhD degree in development economics from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan); M.A degree in international political economy from Tsukuba University (Japan); M.A degree in economics from University of Wales (UK) and B.Sc degree in Statistics and Mathematics from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Dr. Aye has published more than 25 research articles in internationally accredited peer-reviewed journals. He also presented more than 30 research papers at various prestigious international conferences across Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Australia, and Africa.

Prior to joining Solbridge International School of Business, Dr. Aye taught at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan both at graduate and undergraduate programs. Additionally, he was a visiting professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) in China for a short period of time.

In addition to teaching and research at higher learning institutions, Dr Aye Mengistu Alemu has a very significant international and regional experience in working as a “Project Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist” for a $90 million World Bank/IFAD assisted project in Ethiopia from 2000-2005. Dr Aye’s geographical area of research includes East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, and Africa.

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Andrew Isaak studied economics at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and completed an MBA in International Business at Pace University in New York. He recently submitted his PhD dissertation in Management at the University of Mannheim. He has 6 years of teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

He has been nominated for the Best Paper Award of the RENT Entrepreneurship conference and received the Best Reviewer Award from Junior Management Science.

Previously, he coordinated the behavioral economics lab at the University of Heidelberg's Alfred Weber Institute and founded the crowdfunding startup Tommoko UG. In 2016 he spent four months on a scholarship as visiting researcher at the University of California at Berkeley.

In 2017 he became a future research scholar at Plymouth University (UK), focusing on social entrepreneurship. He has work experience in management consulting for the airline industry and German government and in marketing for Procter & Gamble brands. He has also published a book, several peer-reviewed book chapters and conference papers.

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A chartered management accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK since 2005. Started career as an Assistant Accountant with Ghana Water Company in August 1990.

The last industry position held was acting CEO of UTRAK Capital Management an investment company helped formed in July 2012.

University teaching started in 2006 and taught at the following universities in Ghana; Christian Service University College, KNUST Business School, UEW Business School Kumasi, Ghana Technology University and University for Development Studies Tamale, before accepting appointment at SolBridge International School of Business in September 2013.

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BI (Byung-Ik) Jung is an assistant professor at SolBridge International School of Business and Director of Management Planning Division.

Before teaching at SolBridge, Professor Jung worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group for five years. He also worked for LG Electronics as a strategist for Air-Conditioners and Energy Solution Company.

Professor Jung holds an MBA degree from INSEAD and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Seoul National University. He is currently pursuing a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) at IE Business School with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship.

He gives special lectures to private companies, public offices, and entrepreneurs and he is a member of the advisory board of Korea Social Innovation Finance.

His professional and scholarly interests include entrepreneurship, start-up, social innovation, critical thinking, and business consulting.

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Dean Joshua Park was appointed as Dean of SolBridge International School of Business in August 2021.

He previously served as the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Director of BBA Program, and the Director of Debate and Negotiation Programs. As a professor at SolBridge since 2010, he was also a top-rated teacher in several courses such as Business Negotiation, Business Law, Legal Environment of Business, and Critical Thinking.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, his extensive experience in negotiation, debate, and mediation is reflected in the books he authored, his research, as well as over 300 domestic and international seminars and workshops he’s been featured at.

To many, Dean Park is known for his passion for debate and its proliferation. His recognition in the debate world transcends geographical boundaries. He is a board member of the World Schools Debating Championships, Ltd. and has been an active coach and adjudicator at major intervarsity and schools debate competitions globally. Most importantly for SolBridge, Dean Park was instrumental in establishing SolBridge Debate Society (SDS) as one of the most achieved entities in Asia.

As Dean, he aims to follow the 4 I’s--Innovation, Inclusion, Integration, and Internationalization--ideals that have defined SolBridge as well as his own educational philosophy, with the welfare and success of our students first and foremost in his mind.

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Dr. Mahmood Awan joined SolBridge in 2011. He earned his BS from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, his MBA from Alabama A & M in Huntsville, Alabama, and his Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Prescott Valley, Arizona. His Ph.D. is in Business Administration with a major in Internet Marketing. He also is a Chartered Marketer (CM) from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) of the U.K.

As we can see, he has been moving around for his education which gave him a great appreciation for diversity. Before starting his academic career, he has been working with a number of multinational and other small firms in their Marketing departments for around ten years in Southern California.

Before joining SolBridge, he taught at University of Dubai for over twelve years. Some of the online marketing courses which he has delivered include Internet Marketing, Principles of Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Global Marketing, and International Marketing Strategies.

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Nurmukhammad Yusupov is an Assistant Professor of Finance at SolBridge International School of Business. His research focuses on financial markets and institutions in developing economies. In addition to many years of university level teaching, he has extensive experience in consulting governmental agencies and international development organizations. Dr. Yusupov holds an MBA from University of Oregon, an MSc from Toulouse School of Economics and a Ph.D. from University of Nantes

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Ravi Kashyap has worked as a Product Manager / Quantitative Strategist at various financial service firms in New York and Hong Kong including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, His most recent assignment was at IHS Markit, heading up their quantitative products suite for Asia Pacific, helping clients select securities, generate alpha and minimize their transaction costs.

His Doctoral thesis is about uncertainty and unintended consequences in the financial markets. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University and an undergraduate degree from the National Institute of Technology Calicut, India.

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Bob Graff is a Senior Lecturer in the Management Department of SolBridge International School of Business. His courses center on the application of business theories to real life situations. As such, the majority of his courses focus on the examination of current business practices as evidenced through student research on contemporary events and, simulation of student generated business operations.

Prior to joining SolBridge, he spent 30 years in the external accounting profession building and leading teams of Information Technology specialists consulting to leading international companies such as 3M and Ecolab in the US and, Samsung, LG, Posco during his 15 years as a partner with Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, Korea. He also was a frequent guest lecturer to several of Korea’s leading universities (KIAST, Jung Ang, HUFS) on the topic of IT Auditing.

Bob is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s, Carlson School of Management where he earned an MBA in the field of Management Information Systems. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Korean branch of the Institute of Systems and Controls Association and has been an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

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Sangwoo Shin is Assistant professor at the Solbridge International School of Business. Prior to joining Solbridge faculty, he served as Assistant professor of Marketing at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. He earned BBA and MBA from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Rochester. His research interests lie in quantitative modeling in Marketing including dynamic consumer decision under uncertainty, strategic firm decision in the direct marketing context, conjoint analysis, and applied Bayesian statistics.

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Sook-min Kim is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Joint Program and Governmental Funded Project at SolBridge International School of Business.

She received her Ph.D. in Business from Korea University, M.S. from Korea University, and BBA from Ewha Womens University. She has publications in various journals including Korea Business Review, Korean Accounting Review, Sustainability, Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, Study on Accounting, Taxation & Auditing, Korean Journal of Managerial Accounting Review. In addition, she has presented several articles in both international and domestic conferences. Her research interests lie in voluntary disclosure, capital market reaction as well as various features of ESG.

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Dr. Bouchikhi was the Co-Chair of the Management Department and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at ESSEC Business School, France, one of the leading business schools in Europe.
Dr. Bouchikhi was born and received his BA (Hons) in Morocco, obtained his Masters and PhD degrees in Management from Paris Dauphine University, France. He joined ESSEC in 1990 as a Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship and founded the Entrepreneurship Center.
His research is in the fields of organizational theory, entrepreneurship and managerial innovation with over 100 academic publications including journal articles, books, edited books, book chapters, and conference presentations.
Dr. Bouchikhi was a Visiting Professor at Keio University in Tokyo, the Graduate School of Management at Universiti Putra Malaysia, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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C. Min Han is a Professor of International Business and Marketing at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, and a Lecturer of International Business at SolBridge International School of Business. He was President of the Korean Academy of International Business in 2006. His non-academic experience includes an advisory member for Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motors and a member of the Presidential Council on Brand Korea.

C. Min Han has also taught at Wayne State University (USA), Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Mannheim (Germany), City University of Hong Kong, National Sun-yat Sen University (Taiwan), and Asia-Pacific University of Japan. He has publications in various journals, including; Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of International Marketing, European Journal of Marketing, and the Journal of International Business Studies.

He received his Ph. D. in International Business from The University of Michigan, an MBA from New York University, and BBA from Seoul National University.

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Professor Han Joon-Ki is a professional HR business and Org Development Consultant and an experienced Leadership Coaching Facilitator in Korea.

Professor Han is a seasoned HR professional with proven track records. He has worked in Human Resources field for almost 30 years and brings a very extensive, exceptional and dynamic experiences. Especially over the last 13 years, he has taken several key leadership roles with global top tier MNCs. He was the HR Director for Beiersdorf Korea (Nivea, la prairie) and Org Development Director for global headquarter in Hamburg Germany, the first non-European incumbent case in the company’s 120 years’ history. After that he was appointed as the first integrated HR Director& Country HR business partner for eBay Korea where he was fully in charge of Post-M&A agenda and change management. Also, he was the HR Director& Country HR business partner for Microsoft Korea. Recently he was the HR Vice President of Cigna Korea (LINA) and during his stay the company was doubled both in org size and revenue with quality talent management. Most recently before he joins SolBridge International School of Business, he was Professor and Consultant of Institute of Global Management, one of the most influential Organizational Development Consulting firms in Korea.

He was an adjunct professor for KYUNGHEE University and SUNGKYUNKWAN University Global MBA School and published 4 books and a couple of papers on effective career management and HRM.

Professor Han holds a Ph.D. from HANKUK University of Foreign Study Graduate School, majored in HR Organization.

His major expertise are as follows:

• Career development and coaching from young generation to executives
• Executives HR management
• Leading and facilitating new executives on-boarding process
• Performance coaching for senior leadership group and team managers
• Moderating& resolving executives’ conflict among key stakeholders
• Designing and delivering major management skills development training (e.g. communication, coaching, leadership, team effectiveness, conflict management, and project management, etc.)
• HR strategy, system set up and process re-engineering
• Leadership development and organization effectiveness consulting

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Hyojin Nam is a visiting professor at the SolBridge International School of Business. She received her Ph. D. in Global Business from Hanyang University and a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Saint Mary’s University, Canada. Her research interest lies in global marketing and consumer behavior.

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Jinju Heo is a visiting professor of luxury brand management, innovation and sustainability at Solbridge international school of business in Korea.
She is currently a teaching faculty of Glion Institute of Higher Education in Switzerland, ranked one of the top 3 establishments for hospitality management in the world and also affiliated with several French business schools, specializing in areas such as future narratives, personas, luxury innovation, and circular economy business models.

Well-versed in the realms of luxury and sustainability, with experience spanning teaching, advisory roles, and research, she has held the position of sustainable innovation advisor at CHANEL, where she has spearheaded various projects across different locations, primarily within CHANEL's European operations based out of Madrid.

Additionally, she has been actively participated in significant projects focused on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and has been instrumental in developing prototypes for assessing ESG performance within the luxury sector for prominent clients.

Her research revolves around sustainable practices within the luxury industry. She is the author of chapters on innovation for Routledge, has conducted an extensive case study on the partnership between a luxury company and technology firm, delved into an integrated literature review on circular business models, and explored the luxury sector's engagement with the metaverse. Jinju equally explores the role of technology in social aspects such as consumers, luxury branding, identity and personal preferences.

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Taylan Urkmez is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at SolBridge International School of Business. His research interests focus on luxury marketing, fashion, cross-cultural research on consumer behavior, and emotions. To date his research has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals. He is from Turkey and completed his Ph.D. at University of Kassel in Germany.

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Prof. Gilbert M. Tumibay is a Visiting Professor of Management Information Systems and Technology Management at SolBridge International School of Business. He is a graduate of Masters of Science in Information Technology and Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology at Hannam University, Daejeon City, Republic of Korea.

He was a former Dean of the College of Computer Studies of two Universities in the Philippines, the Wesleyan University-Philippines (WU-P) and the Angeles University Foundation (AUF). He also served as Program Chair of the Master in Information Technology (MIT) and Doctor of Information Technology (DIT) programs of AUF. He is a former President of the Philippine Operations of ToroCloud, a software development company based in Hong Kong with a branch in Sydney, Australia and Clark, Philippines. He was a former Commission on Information Technology Education (CITE) member and an accreditor of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAASCU).

Currently, he is one of the national board members of the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE), the largest professional organization of IT Educators in the Philippines. His research interest is in Software Engineering, Information Systems, Project Management, Web and E-Commerce, Enterprise Integration and Data Analysis.

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Shijith is an Assistant Professor at SolBridge International School of Business. His primary teaching and research interests lie in operations management and decision making. He has been teaching operations management related courses for undergraduate, masters, and executive level programs. He also engages in corporate training and leadership development programs. His research interests lie in behavioral decision making and wisdom of crowd in various operations management application areas. He has published and presented his research and views at different academic (such as POM, INFORMS, IEOM, Society of Operations Management, etc.) and practitioner forums (such as, APICS, NASSCOM, IIIE, etc.). He is a member of the INFORMS and the Association for Supply Chain management (ASCM, APICS).

Prior to starting his academic career, Shijith has worked as a business analyst/operations & supply chain management consultant for over six years in a leading IT & consulting organization. He is also APICS (ASCM-Association for Supply Chain Management), USA certified CPIM.

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Paul Wohlfarth joined SolBridge International School of Business as assistant professor in 2020.
He previously held positions at the University of Brighton and the University of London (Birkbeck and LBS) alongside professional experience in fixed income and banking. He further led workshops on Python programming with the Society of Professional Economics in London.
Professor Wohlfarth holds a PhD in Finance and Economics from the University of London (Birkbeck) as well as degrees in Economics from the University of Warwick and the University of Goettingen.
His research is at the intersection of international monetary economics, foreign exchange markets and applied econometrics as well as on Chinese financial and economic development. It featured in several international conferences and was published in peer reviewed international journals.

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Jung Kwan Kim is an assistant professor at the SolBridge International School of Business, an entrepreneurial AACSB-accredited business school in Korea. His research interest lies in the broad fields of Strategic Management, International Business, and Entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on innovation and global strategy. He is fascinated by the tension among innovation, imitation, and protection that disrupts long-lasting management practices in a global context. He seeks to discover how some firms create/adapt to such tension and achieve improved firm-level performance. His work has appeared in the Journal of World Business and the Journal of International Business Policy along with many conferences such as the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, the Academy of International Business, and many others.

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Dr. Antti Kauppinen works as a visiting professor and teaches startup-related subjects, such as social entrepreneurship, sport management/entrepreneurship, and strategic interaction and decision-making. His current research considers entrepreneurial routines in different countries, role of time in the process of starting a business, and innovative practices in sport organizations. In the past, he has been working in various countries as a lecturer, researcher, and firm founder.

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Danielle Swanepoel is an Assistant Professor at SolBridge International School of Business and the debate coach for the SolBridge Debate Society. She earned a PhD (in MetaEthics) from the University of Johannesburg in 2020. Her current research focuses on machine ethics, business ethics, philosophy of technology, and the impacts of technology on business and society. In her previous institution, she lectured Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Critical Thinking, and Academic Writing for Engineering.

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Moon Young Kim is an Assistant Professor at SolBridge International School of Business. He is currently writing his PhD thesis on Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) impact to major developing countries from Jamia Milia Islamia University, India.

Before joining SolBridge, Professor Kim worked for Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) for over 30 years, including overseas appointments in India, USA, and Thailand.

His professional interests include Indian Economy; Asian (Indian) Business Community; relationship between economic development and international trade; and investment and application of statistical methods in these areas.

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He is a senior lecturer in finance at the Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah Branch, Kota Kinabalu Campus, Malaysia and presently undertaking his Postdoctoral training at SolBridge International School of Business, South Korea from September 2022 to August 2024. In the research service, he is serving as an associate editor for 4 Scopus/ESCI journals (Cogent Economics and Finance, Asian Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, and Future Business Journal) and an editorial board for other 6 ISI/Scopus/ABDC journals. He actively supervises postgraduate research with 11 postgraduate research students in his portfolio undertaking DBA/PhD/MSc. In the consultancy service, he has been involved in a series of graduate entrepreneurship development programs. Prior to academic career, he had served as a business credit analyst and consultant in a funds management and investment firm in Malaysia undertaking mutual funds investment analysis and funds management. He is an associate member of Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers since 2005.

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Dr. Sara Khawar is a passionate entrepreneurship educationist who has done her PhD in Management Studies (Entrepreneurship) from University of Exeter, UK. Prior to her PhD, she did MSc. International Management with specialization in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from the same university.

After her PhD, she joined Information Technology University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan as an Assistant Professor in March 2020. She has served in many administrative roles as Chairperson (HOD) School of Business and Management, Dean Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Director Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization, Dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Chairperson Ethical Institutional Review Board. Other than these leadership roles, she has also served as the member of the ITU Syndicate, ITU Academic Council, ITU Board of Advanced Studies and Research, Selection Committee for Faculty and Staff Positions. Her core area of specialization is Entrepreneurship and she has been involved in start-up mentorship and training.

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Professor Soopramanien Didier Gerard Rodney completed his Ph.D. at Lancaster University in the UK and was offered the position of assistant professor upon graduation in 2002. However, he also started teaching when he was still a PhD student which means that he has over 20 years of experience teaching at the University Level. He has also worked at Loughborough University (in the UK) as a Reader in Marketing.

He has worked twice in China at two different institutions, namely Beijing Foreign Studies University and, more recently, at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.

He does research in the area of marketing with a focus on what facilitates and constrains consumers to change their behavior with a focus on transport mode choice and sustainability practices. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Transportation Research A, Journal of Business Research and Technology Forecasting and Social Change, European Journal of Operational Research and Applied Economics. He regularly reviews for academic journals in my area of research and he has also edited special issues more recently in the Journal of Consumer Behaviour. You can find his full list of research publications on Google Scholar.

Biography

Dr. Sarah Lee is a visiting professor at SolBridge. She teaches People and Organizations (undergraduate) and Managerial Skills (graduate).

She received a double degree from the University of California, Berkeley; a B.A. in Psychology and a B.A. in Music. She obtained her Ph.D. in Organizations & Management from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Her research interests are mainly on leadership and issues of diversity, equity & inclusion in organizations. She also studies consumer behavior and environmental sustainability in organizations.

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Chongwon Park is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Minnesota Duluth. His research interests include cognitive linguistics and Cognitive Grammar. He is the author of Reference Point and Case: A Cognitive Grammar Exploration of Korean (John Benjamins). His research articles have appeared in Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Pragmatics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Language and Cognition, among others.

Biography

Haithem Zourrig is a distinguished visiting professor of marketing at Solbridge International School of Business in South Korea. Currently, he holds the position of associate professor of marketing at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University in the US.

Prior to his time at Kent State University, he was a faculty member at the University of Regina in Canada and IESEG- Paris in France. In addition, he has been a visiting professor at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) and Beijing Wuxi University (BWU) in China.

His research interests focus on consumer behavior and cross-cultural studies, with a particular emphasis on topics such as consumer revenge, service failure, consumer animosity, deception and fraud, and shopping well-being. His research has been published in reputable journals such as the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Service Management, Journal of Consumer Marketing, and Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.

Dr. Zourrig has been recognized for his excellent research contributions, receiving numerous Best Paper Awards from rganizations such as the Society for Marketing Advances (SMA), the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS), and the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators (ACME). He has also been honored with the prestigious McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Award from the Federation of Business Disciplines (FBD) and the 2018 AxcessCapon Teaching Innovation Award.